Open AccessPotentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Aysel Pehlivanlı,
Aysu Selçuk,
Şahin Eyüpoğlu,
Şehsuvar Ertürk,
A.Tanju Özçeli̇kay
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
turkish journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2148-6247
pISSN - 1304-530X
DOI - 10.4274/tjps.galenos.2021.94556
Subject(s) - medicine , beers criteria , medical prescription , kidney disease , nephrology , retrospective cohort study , polypharmacy , pharmacology
This study aimed to identify the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use (PIMU) in adults above the age of 65 with chronic kidney disease (CKD) according to the American Geriatric Society Beers Criteria (Beers), Screening Tool of Older People's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions Criteria (STOPP) and medication appropriateness index (MAI) 30 criteria and to compare them to justify their use in this specific patient group.